Mark Laris

Experience

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  TVA

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1979

  Co Op

  I worked at the Hazard Control Branch in Chattanooga.

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  Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

  Nov 1982 - May 1990

  Lead reactor engineer and Reactor engineering Supervisor. Supervised reactor engineers and technicians. Qualified Reactor Engineer. Performed control room reactor engineering duties. Procedure writing, performing pre-op testing, responding to operating experience.

  • Unit Supervisor, Reactor Analyst

    Jun 1984 - May 1990

  • Junior Technical Analyst

    Nov 1982 - May 1984
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  Advanced Nuclear Fuels

  May 1990 - Dec 1990

  Engineer IV

  Performed core design calculations for BWRs.

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  Gulf States Utilities

  Jun 1991 - Jun 1994

  Senior Reactor Engineer

  Qualified Reactor Engineer

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  Entergy

  Jul 1994 - Dec 1997

  Senior Reactor Engineer

  Qualified Reactor Engineer

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  RETAQS, Inc

  Jan 1997 - Mar 2005

  Principal Reactor Engineer

  Provided Reactor Engineering support, including Qualified RE control room support, to the Nuclear Industry. Developed reactor engineering initial training program. Principal author of book "Reactor Engineering Fundimentals"​. Principal author of book "Advanced Reactor Engineering". Lead instructor for initial reactor engineering training class. Team member on the Minuteman Advanced Core Monitor development team.

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  FirstEnergy Corp.

  Jul 2002 - Sept 2006

  Reactor Engineering Supervisor

  Provided supervision of 5 reactor engineers. Rebuilt group following loss of several senior engineers. Reduced work backlog from over 150 open items to 12 open items. Hired 3 new reactor engineers. Implemented a reactivity management program, resolved long term failed fuel issue, provided oversight for multiple power suppression tests, scram recoveries, BOC startup. Identified channel distortion issue and implemented interium corrective actions.

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  Exelon Nuclear

  Feb 2007 - Mar 2008

  Reactor Engineering Manager

  Provided Reactor Engineering management services on an interum bases while a permenant Reactor Engineering Manager was recruited. Provided oversight For NRC Special Nuclear Material Control audit, provided oversight for on-shift reactor engineering and qualified as a reactor engineer.

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  Reactor Engineering Associates, LLC

  Mar 2007 - Dec 2013

  Chief Nuclear Engineer

  Full partner and co-founder (along with Dorry Crager) of Reactor Engineering Associets; Chief Nuclear Engineer providing technical and engineering management support to nuclear power plants world wide. Expert in reactor engineering and operational reactor physics, qualified BWR\2,4,5,6 reactor engineer, senior reactor operator.

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  Reactor Engineering Services

  Jan 2014 - now

  Chief Nuclear Engineer

  Owner and founder of Reactor Engineering Services; Chief Nuclear Engineer providing technical and engineering management support to nuclear power plants world wide. Creator and Lead Instructor for BWR Reactor Initial, Continuing, and Refresher training. Expert in reactor engineering and operational reactor physics, qualified BWR\2,4,5,6 reactor engineer, senior reactor operator. Qualified reactor engineer at 6 different nuclear power plants.

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  Retired

  Feb 2015 - now

  Retired

  For reasons of health, i retired in March of 2015 after nearly 35 years as a nuclear (reactor) engineer.